Joe Quesada to Appear as a Guest of Honor
September 21, 2005
A Paid Advertisement. Officials at New York Comic-Con, a new trade as well as consumer event for comics, games, anime and other related industries, have announced several appointments to the staff which oversees all special events and conference programming for the convention.
3-D Animated Series
September 20, 2005
According to the DVD Release Report Manga Entertainment is collaborating with the Korean animation studio DesignStorm to produce Iron Kid.
On a New Manga Series
September 20, 2005
Viz Media, LLC., has announced a partnership with the World Bank to create and distribute 1 World Manga.
Terry Chu Will Handle Anime Programming
September 20, 2005
Reed Exhibitions has announced that Joe Quesada, Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics will be a New York Comic-Con Guest of Honor.
U.S. DVD Release in November
September 19, 2005
Final Fantasy VII Advent Children will be released on DVD in the U.S. on November 29th.
'Viewtiful Joe' Later This Fall
September 18, 2005
The latest Transformers series to reach America, Transformers Cybertron , is making its broadcast debut as part of the Kids' WB daily cartoon block at 4:30 pm (ET, PT).
Comic Market Sales Up Strongly
September 18, 2005
Graphic novel growth in the comic shops may actually have been more pronounced than in bookstores.
Full Color, 8-Disk Box Set
September 15, 2005
Anchor Bay Entertainment is releasing Astro Boy: The Complete Box Set , which collects all 52 episodes of the 1980s full color Astro Boy series, on November 22nd.
'Vampire Hunter D' & 'Dot Hack: AI Buster'
September 15, 2005
Retailers who have hesitated to order these volumes because they are not 'graphic novels' per se, might want to rethink their decisions based on the success of Dot Hack AI Buster novel from Tokyopop and the Vampire Hunter D novel from Dark Horse and Digital Manga.
With Copyright Licensing Promotions, Inc.
September 14, 2005
Viz Media, LLC has formed a joint venture with London-based Copyright Licensing Promotions Group, Ltd. to license Viz anime and manga brands in Europe.
